John Van Der Sanden is a racing driver from Netherlands who competes in Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie for Car #670. Van Der Sanden has recorded 2 wins and 9 podiums from 15 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,305 ranks Van Der Sanden 14969th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-10-10 | Nürburgring Nordschleife BMW M240i | P5 | +24 |
| 2026-09-11 | Nürburgring Nordschleife BMW M240i | DNF | −143 |
| 2026-08-01 | Nürburgring Nordschleife BMW M240i | P11 | −114 |
| 2026-06-20 | Nürburgring Nordschleife BMW M240i | P5 | +29 |
| 2026-04-11 | Nürburgring Nordschleife BMW M240i | DNF | −164 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +134 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2025 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +129 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2024 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P2 |
| +127 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2025 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +100 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2025 | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | P1 |
| +84 | Nürburgring Nordschleife 2025 | Nürburgring 24 Hours | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Car #670 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | P15 | −534 | 2,305 |
| 2025 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | PTerting Sports by Up2Race | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P4 | +551 | 2,839 |
| ▸Nürburgring 24 Hours | PTerting Sports by Up2Race | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +84 | ||
| 2024 | ▸Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | Up2Race | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | +854 | 2,204 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇩🇪 Sven Markert | 3,413 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 20% |
| 🏳️ Lars Harbeck | 2,470 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 54% |
| 🇩🇪 Adrian RzicznyFIA Silver | 2,678 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 38% |
| 🇨🇭 Marco Grilli | 1,835 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 50% |
| 🇩🇪 Kevin Wambach | 2,452 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 43% |
| 🇩🇪 Yannick FübrichFIA Silver | 3,782 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇮🇹 Edoardo BuganeFIA Bronze | 3,118 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| 🇳🇱 Filip Hoenjet | 2,484 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| 🇮🇪 Aiden Mulready | 2,223 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33% |
| 🇩🇪 Jan Ullrich | 2,007 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% |
| 🇫🇷 Tom DillmannFIA Gold, 3× champion | 5,724 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇵🇱 Jakub SmiechowskiFIA Silver | 5,464 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
| 🇨🇦 Parker ThompsonFIA Silver, 1× champion | 4,561 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14,959 | 🏳️ Nicholas Shaeffer | World Racing League | 2,307 |
| 14,960 | 🏳️ Timothy Adams | World Racing League | 2,307 |
| 14,961 | 🏳️ Bryan McCrea | SCCA Regionals | 2,306 |
| 14,962 | 🇳🇱 Erik van Loon | 24H Series | 2,306 |
| 14,963 | 🏳️ Felix Illbruck | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,306 |
| 14,964 | 🇺🇸 Gregg Gorski | 24H Series | 2,306 |
| 14,965 | 🏳️ John Bleazard | International GT | 2,306 |
| 14,966 | 🏳️ Rob Holland | World Racing League | 2,306 |
| 14,967 | 🏳️ Bradley Liebenberg | 24H Series | 2,305 |
| 14,968 | 🏳️ Graham Ernie | British GT Championship | 2,305 |
| 14,969 | 🇳🇱 John Van Der Sanden | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,305 |
| 14,970 | 🇬🇧 Jonathan SATCHELL | Ferrari Challenge | 2,305 |
| 14,971 | 🏳️ Simon Murray | 24H Series | 2,305 |
| 14,972 | 🇬🇧 Turkington Colin | British GT Championship | 2,305 |
| 14,973 | 🇹🇭 Hannah Williams | SKUSA SuperNationals | 2,304 |
| 14,974 | 🇺🇸 Rita Goulet | ARCA Menards East | 2,304 |
| 14,975 | 🏳️ Velho Vamp | Turismo Nacional | 2,304 |
| 14,976 | 🏳️ Marcel PETN-AM Hoppe | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 2,303 |
| 14,977 | 🇩🇪 Marco Zabel | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 2,303 |
| 14,978 | 🏳️ Michael Hirschmann | 24H Series | 2,303 |
| 14,979 | 🏳️ Ned MacPherson | McLaren Trophy America | 2,303 |
Van Der Sanden is a semi-professional racing in a national multiclass endurance series. He competes in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie and the Nürburgring 24 Hours, driving a BMW M240i Racing car in the BMW M240i class for PTerting Sports by Up2Race and other entries. His three seasons on record span 2024 to 2026 with 15 starts.[1]
He has taken two wins and eight further podiums in the Langstrecken-Serie across his seasons there, and added a podium finish in the 2025 Nürburgring 24 Hours. His most recent outing was the 24-hour race in 2025. In the Langstrecken-Serie he runs consistently in a field mixing amateurs with semi-professionals and entry-level professionals; he has regularly finished ahead of established professionals in shared-car endurance racing, including the Formula V8 3.5 champion Tom Dillmann twice and the Silver-graded European Le Mans Series regular Jakub Smiechowski twice.[2]
His regular competitors in the BMW M240i class include Sven Markert, the four-time class champion of the series, whom Van Der Sanden usually finishes behind, and Lars Harbeck, a competitive amateur driver with whom he is closely matched across their meetings.